Mary M. Balaster
Reed Smith LLP
Articles
Cal/OSHA’s Proposed Workplace Violence Rule
USA - June 28 2022 Last month, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) released a revised discussion draft of a proposed regulation…
California rapidly approves sweeping Cal/OSHA emergency COVID-19 regulation
USA - November 20 2020 Just one week after the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) made its proposed COVID-19 Emergency Regulation (“COVID-19…
Texas grand jury indicts Arkema and top executives based on chemical release during Hurricane Harvey
USA - August 8 2018 A Texas grand jury recently indicted Arkema Inc., Arkema CEO Richard Rowe, and plant manager Leslie Comardelle based on allegations that these…
Fifth Circuit upholds OSHA’s interpretation of PSM standard
USA - July 22 2020 On July 9, 2020, the Fifth Circuit held that the mechanical integrity requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)…
Racing toward a standard: How Virginia, Oregon, and Washington are moving to regulate workplace hazards of COVID-19
USA - July 23 2020 Individual states’ safety agencies have undertaken the development of their own workplace safety rules in response to potential hazards from COVID-19…
Benjamin H. Patton, Brian J. Kay, Randa M. Lewis, Veronica A. Miclot, Jennifer A. Smokelin
